Racism In To Kill A Mockingbird

Racism take a big place in the book “To Kill a Mockingbird”. Back in those days black men were not seen as a real person in society as they seen white men are seen. As in the novel Scout is mostly seeking the differences in blacks and whites. In the book there is a scene where Calpurnia takes Scout and Jem to their church and sees many black people separated into a different church than the others which is a big experience for Scout. Later on when the church ends Jem and Scout wanted to see how Calpurnia's house is and ask her if thy can see it, but in the book of course the aunt (Aunt Alexandra) does not allow the children to visit. In the trial of the Tom Robinson a Black man Atticus is the attorney for him. While the trial is on the children sit with the blacks on the top balcony away from all the whites in the bottom and they realize how they are separated from society. The case was not a fair case and the white man won the case because of his race and Tom Robinson was accused because of his race and lost.

The main idea of the theme is seeing the experience or point of view another person has. In the book the main theme is said many times such as in page 30 when Atticus addresses the main theme . “You never really understand a person until you consider things from their point of view”. Later on in the page he also says, “Until you climb into his skin and walk around in it”. Another example is on page 218 when atticus addresses the life of Bob Ewell. “He had to take it out on somebody and i'd rather it be me than that houseful of children out there”. There are a lot of main themes in “To Kill a Mockingbird” Such as Racism, Bigotry, and Class